Tana Consulting

14/05/2022

Spent some time this week speaking to the incredible Maggie Empress, Country Director for Grassroots Reconciliation Group in Uganda. They work with former child soldiers, children born in captivity and survivors of gender based violence (GBV), particularly due to the war involving the LRA.

She was so full of knowledge, with massive insight into holistic trauma healing and resilience building, group work, community level work and breaking the cycles of violence. We compared notes on our experiences of 'peace building', transitional justice, and 'collective healing' within the African context. Check out their work for some inspiration.
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Innovative Projects for Former Child Soldiers and Refugees

10/05/2022

Look forward to participating in UNDPs launch tomorrow of the guidance note on Integrating Mental Health and Psychosocial Support into Peacebuilding.

'Addressing the psychological and social needs of communities is essential for building sustainable peace'... but yet it is not included as central to peacebuilding. Let's make it so! Further details below-

Prolonged crises and violent conflicts have devastating consequences on the mental health and well-being of communities and individuals. Shaped by inputs of over 100 practitioners globally, UNDP’s new Guidance Note on Integrating MHPSS into Peacebuilding identifies ten key principles for a structu...

07/05/2022

Sharing again this powerful beautiful movie... seeing trauma through a social lens and not just medical.

Watch the movie at https://thewisdomoftrauma.com/The film is available by donation and if you cannot afford to donate even $0 will do!!!! Be EXTREMELY carefu...

04/05/2022

Tomorrow we are being interviewed on ZBC News Online about human trafficking, in the Zimbabwe context. It will be live streamed on their page

I'll be talking to the psychosocial impacts of trafficking and ways to prevent and support someone and/or communities affected by trafficking.

let's raise awareness on this topic 🙌

03/05/2022

Enjoyed running some training at Ruzawi school today in childhood wellbeing and resilience building, especially post covid. Well done for getting mental health on the map 👏

22/04/2022

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Ralph Waldo Emerson ❤️❤️❤️

(Edit: there appears to be significant evidence in existence that Emerson did not write this)

09/04/2022

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01/04/2022

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I don’t want to say my life stopped because I had kids. I had kids, and then I continued. But this time, with more passion and more drive. Because I want my kids to see how much I love what I do so that they chase after their dreams and do what brings them joy, too.